Debra Gould is President of Six Elements Inc. and the creator of The Staging Diva Program. Shown here in MoneySense Magazine, which said, "If you're looking to score on the real estate market, your best investment may not be a house or condo, but an hour with Debra Gould." (Nov. 03) For more info, email Debra or call 416-691-6615.

My mission is to inspire and empower others to discover new opportunities to live the life of their dreams. Homeowners earn extra money when they sell their homes making new experiences possible in their lives. Some travel, others write that book they've always dreamed of. Divorcing couples are sometimes left with enough after their home sale for both parties to make a down payment on separate homes. Another client who suffered a serious stroke was able to pay for the care she needed. Staging Diva Graduates get the tools they need to start and grow their own home staging business in a profitable and creatively satisfying way. For many, it's their first opportunity to combine their passion for decorating with a desire to run their own business.

About Debra Gould, The Staging Diva*

After buying, decorating and selling 6 of her own homes in only 8 years, Debra Gould realized she had an innate talent for decorating a house to sell for top dollar.

Switching gears from the successful marketing consulting business she had grown over 10 years catering to some of the largest corporations and ad agencies in North America, Debra started Six Elements Inc. in the fall of 2002, offering Home Staging, Interior Redesign and Color Consulting services.

Debra gained international recognition for her new role within two short years with appearances on HGTV, Toronto 1, CBC National News, Life Channel, GlobalTV, CityTV and in numerous magazines and newspapers in both the US and Canada. Since that time she has been featured in most major media across North America.

It could be due to Debra's MBA, her more than 20 years in marketing, or the fact that she's been an entrepreneur since 1989; but regardless of whether she's turning a client's home into a "hot property", or training others to open their own staging business— she brings a refreshing pragmatism balanced with creative sensitivity to any task.

In response to so many requests from visitors to sixelements.com, in late 2004 the first Staging Diva® Home Staging Business Training classes were introduced in the US and Canada.

Since that time, Debra has trained over 4000 students in the techniques she learned staging hundreds of homes. She has Graduates as far away as Australia, New Zealand, Europe, UK, Brazil, Barbados, Israel, The Philippines and South Africa.

If you're a homeowner or realtor struggling to find a home stager, visit the Staging Diva Directory of Home Stagers.

If you're creative and love decorating and are considering starting your own home staging business, Debra is able to save you months, if not years, of trial and error by sharing the techniques she's learned along the road to building Six Elements Inc., her own successful home staging business. But don't just take our word for it, check out what our students have to say!